Comments on: 18 Fun Facts That Are Quite Unusual https://www.barnorama.com/18-fun-facts-that-are-quite-unusual/ Welcome To The Fun Barn Wed, 17 Feb 2021 19:47:37 +0000 hourly 1 By: jay https://www.barnorama.com/18-fun-facts-that-are-quite-unusual/#comment-427117 Wed, 17 Feb 2021 19:47:37 +0000 https://www.barnorama.com/?p=879311#comment-427117 As usual with lists like this, I wonder how many of them are true. To take perhaps the most trivial, the one about the “Count” on Sesame Street. I think the far more plausible theory is that he is called “the Count” after “Count Dracula”, and the word “count” can be a noble title or it can mean to enumerate things. Is there any evidence that the idea of the Count counting things came from this supposed vampire legend, like quotes from the creators of the character? Does the legend even really exist or did someone just make it up? I don’t care enough to spend time investigating, but the story as given seems rather implausible when there’s a glaringly obvious alternative explanation.

Makes me wonder about all the rest.

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